John Arnold (30 November 1907,

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– 4 April 1984,

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) was an English

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er and Football player.

Cricket career

John Arnold was an attacking opening batsman for

for 20 years from 1930, when he qualified by residence, having previously played

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cricket for Oxfordshire. He scored 1,000 runs in his first full first-class season and missed out on that feat only once in his career. In 1934, he scored 2,261 runs at an average of 48 runs per innings, the only time he passed 2,000 runs in a season. His one poor season, in 1938, led to him not being re-engaged by Hampshire, but the county had second thoughts and he returned for the 1939 season and for five more seasons after the

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. He fell ill during the 1950 season, and retired without playing again. He was a first-class

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for 14 seasons from 1961. Arnold played only one Test match: with Fred Bakewell, he formed an experimental opening partnership for

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against

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at Lord's in 1931, following the retirement from Test cricket of

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and injury to

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. The move was not a success. Arnold was out for 0 in the first innings, and though he scored 34 in the second, he was replaced by the returning Sutcliffe for the second Test. He did not play Test cricket again.

Football career

Arnold also played football for

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, and Fulham and won one international cap for

in 1932–33. He is therefore one of only 12 double cricket and football internationals for England. His cap came in the Home International game against Scotland in Glasgow, which Scotland won 2–1.England Players - Johnny Arnold
/ref> The English scorer was George Hunt of Tottenham Hotspur. Arnold played at outside left.

References

External links

at Cricinfo
John Arnold
at CricketArchive

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, John 1907 births 1984 deaths English cricketers England Test cricketers Oxfordshire cricketers Hampshire cricketers Players cricketers English cricket umpires English footballers England international footballers Fulham F.C. players Oxford City F.C. players Southampton F.C. players English Football League players Association football outside forwards English cricketers of 1919 to 1945